Gigante!

Apr, 23, 2010

Big wood panels. I mean, huge! Just huge. Too big for my easel so I’ve rigged up a multi-stool flat top to work on. I began painting thinking of lucky Chinese red. A red so orange it wavers on the color boundaries. To cover the surface requires a lot of paint. I mixed and mixed red, orange, white, phosphorescence, baby pink, green. The colors splattered on my apron and my jammies. Yes, that is what I paint in. PJ’s & apron. Bandit watched me from the corner of his eyes.

I just love the color glowing in the morning light. The shadows from my windows remind me of Bertolucci’sIlConformista.

Margaret Timbrell (b. Brazil) is a text based fiber artist with a multi-disciplinary degree from NYU. Her work is inspired by various influences (such as technology, parenthood, and social media) that alter language and inter-personal engagement. Timbrell has exhibited around the US and featured in the SF Examiner, LA Times, Bust Magazine. In 2012 she was selected as a Heart Artist for SF General’s annual fundraiser. From 2015 to 2017 Timbrell participated in the StARTup Fair. Currently Timbrell is a studio artist and board member at Root Division. She is also participating in Lenka Clayton’s Artist Residency in Motherhood and in 2018 Timbrell will be the Artist in Residence at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.